Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1877 — Russia Triumphant. [ARTICLE]

Russia Triumphant.

The capture of Kars, just at the beginning of the Armenian winter, is an inestimable advantage to Russia. It is the loss to Turkey, not only of munitions of war which she cannot easily replace, and the services of 15,000 men, killed, wounded, and prisoners, but also of Erzeroum and all Armenia. Gen. MelikofFs army is released to join Gen. Heymann’s, and with this preponderance of strength the capital cannot be long held. The details of the storming of the Kanli redoubt and the Kara-Dagh fortress illustrate the splendid bravery of the Russian soldiers no less than the improved military science of the commanders. Though flushed by the pride of such a victory, and perhaps a little inclined to undervalue the desperate defensive energy of the Turks, it is not likely that the Russian Generals will be guilty of any blunder serious enough to change the fate of the campaign. In a very short time they will possess Armenia.—New York Tribune.